Meetup: inclusive design

Deze Meetup is in het Engels.
This Meetup is in English.

Location, snacks and drinks

Provided by the great folks at Q42 ( https://www.q42.nl/ ) in Amsterdam.

How to get there
You can reach the Q42 office by train, bus, tram and bike. The office is close to Amsterdam Central Station.

Accessibility

• Dutch Sign Language interpreting available.

• The venue is accessible for people with a wheelchair, but the toilets not yet. Please contact us if this causes problems for you. So we can solve this.

Schedule

19.00 Welcome with snacks and drinks 19.30 Talks

21.30 Time to mingle

Talks

• ITvitae by Peter van Hofweegen / Hans van Dijk

A social enterprise ( http://www.itvitae.nl/ ) firm who give people with autism a change to work in IT by looking at their abilities instead of their disabilities.

• 'Designing for Autism’ by Micala Hutchison

Micala is a Freelance Graphic Designer ( http://www.micipedia.com/ ) from Melbourne, Australia. She has over fifteen years experience in the design industry, having worked in both Design Agencies, and directly with clients, for some of the biggest brands in the world. Her passion is branding, and prefers working with start-ups, small businesses and not for profits.

• ‘Inclusive design and decision making as a designer/developer’ by Johan Huijkman

Johan is an Interaction designer at Q42. A creative technologist with huge experience in both design and programming. Specialties: Interaction design, coding, conceptualizing. Creator of empat.io - Accessibility is about people ( http://empat.io/ ).